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Several solutions to this problem are conceivable. One possibility is that course heads be restricted from assigning work due the week after winter break, but such a policy would be difficult to implement effectively. Another possibility is shortening reading period to maintain a sacrosanct intersession, but this proposal threatens to do further damage to winter break...
Unlike Kuumba, which has completely open membership, Under Construction, an evangelical Christian a capella group formed in the '80s, does hold auditions. But members maintain the group also has a non-competitive atmosphere...
Well, one reason why not is exactly what seemed to happen last week: journalistic entropy. Everyone sinks to the lowest standard going. It is impossible to maintain a fire wall between the Washington Post and Matt Drudge. But another way to look at last week is that the fire wall held for several days and that the story broke through the fire wall only when it became legitimate by any standards. In any event, these are early days still, and the exact relationship of the Internet with older media is still working itself...
...reruns last week), it's that Ted Koppel, Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts are. The disquieting effect is not unlike having to hear how your dad is in bed. From your mom. Comics at least have an advantage over newspeople in that they don't have to try to maintain a straight face while discussing fellatio and semen stains on national television...
...Critics maintain that Simon focused excessively on the show's music at the expense of a book that had obvious problems. For a workshop in the fall of 1996, for example, he insisted that a band of seven or eight pieces be present for rehearsals--a costly and (to many theater veterans) unneeded luxury. While admitting that it's not Broadway's usual practice, Simon defends his approach of nailing down the music first. "People kept saying, 'You're doing it backward.' But if the sound isn't right, how can I hear the characters?" Says an ex-member...